Thriller: 1977 Howard Roberts (Ibanez...

Log Out | Topics | Search Moderators | Edit Profile

Author Message Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 5:36 pm:    Man, what a thriller! The whole auction there was only 1 bidder at $999,- for this beautiful 2453 Howard Roberts replica. Could be our recent new member Doc. I followed the last 3 minutes, and it was really amazing what happened: 177 seconds nothing at all, and then... 3 seconds before the auction ended, a sniper struck with a $1124.- bid. Doc's safety bid ($1099.-) from 40 minutes before end of auction didn't help: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330041050415 This only shows you never can tell... I don't know whether there had been a reserve or not, but what I know is, that the seller did NOT set a BIN price, so nobody knew what he exactly needed to bid to actually acquire the guitar. Let's learn from this! If you have the time/patience to wait the whole auction period for the result (read: money), then NOT using a BIN could lead to new price records. Ginger Guffe Username: Guffe Registered: 03-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 6:19 pm:    Hello Ginger What You just discribed i have seen several times maybe. I find it werry amysing to se when it occour. But some times nothing happens the last minute. Last time i saw nothing happened was a ES 175 standing on 695 EUR for 8 ours before closing and it was sold for 695 EUR. I was convinsed that it would fly up to at lest 900 to 1000 eur. Uffe Uffe Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 6:26 pm:    Its all in the art of sniping.. Although I do not like very much about snipers, that is the way it goes..I guess that there is very little to be done, but put your own maximum bis quite high, and maybe raise it if feels so.. Some items attract snipers, some dont. Really nice Howard Roberts... Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 6:53 pm:    Uffe, That's why advised Asle to set a pretty high RESERVE, so that it wouldn't go for $695.- or even less. As a seller you should show this "take-it-or-leave-it attitude", or else you get screwed. I'm glad that Asle decided to set a reserve after all, he could have lost his 2355 for $361,- I don't want to see that happen... Ginger

Add Your Message Here Post: -Color- Black Red Green Blue Yellow Purple Orange Cyan Gray White -Font- Arial Courier Symbol Times Verdana -Size- Smallest (-2) Small (-1) Normal Large (+1) Largest (+2) Enter Item number: Username: Posting Information: This is a private posting area. Only registered users and moderators may post messages here. Password: Options: Enable HTML code in message Automatically activate URLs in message Action: